SH1 will close at 5am on Friday, 22 November 2024 to 20 December 2024 between Putāruru and Tokoroa.
SH1 will be closed from SH1/Princes Street, Putāruru to SH1/SH32 Tokoroa intersection.
We’ll definitely be finished and off the road by Friday 20 December as there is a moratorium on work happening during the Christmas holiday period from lunchtime on 20 December until midnight on Sunday 5 January 2025.
For this closure, all north and south bound SH1 vehicles will be detoured via Princes Street, Arapuni Street, Arapuni Road, Waotu Road, Old Taupō Road, SH32 - Tokoroa and vice versa.
This will add approximately 15 mins and 11km to journey times (standard journey via SH1 Putāruru to Tokoroa is approximately 18 mins and 23km). There will be a temporary speed limit of 70km/h along the entirety of the detour route.
There will be a temporary speed limit of 70km/h along the entirety of the detour route. To make this route suitable for local HPMV, there are also some temporary speed limits on some of the structures including:
Heavy vehicles travelling on longer journeys are asked to use the SH5/30 detour.
Trucks and through traffic travelling between 7pm and 6am may want to consider taking SH5 via Rotorua to avoid the night closure between Tīrau and Putāruru (see the story below).
The "hard closure" (the worksite) is approximately 13km long, from Vospers Road to Rollett Road.
There will be a “soft closure” in Putāruru, between SH1/Princes Street intersection and Vospers Road, Lichfield. There is also a soft closure at the southern end, up to Rollett Road.
These soft closures still allow access, but are in place in order to send those on longer journeys down appropriate detours.
Southbound traffic will not be able to travel beyond Vospers/Ngatira roads. Northbound traffic will only be able to travel as far north as SH1 Rollett Road.
Within the hard closure, there will strict requirements before anyone can go into that area as there will be a multitude of machines and people working on the road at all times of the day and night.
Pilot vehicles will be used and there may be delays going through the work site. This means the road is very restricted as to who can use it.
Please be patient and follow the instructions of the traffic manager on site. We are working to keep you safe. Additional signage will be placed at the detour points advising that businesses beyond this point are still open.
We will need to come back sometime next year to do additional work in the northern section between Domain and Vospers roads. We’ll let you know when the schedule for this is confirmed.
View larger SH1 Putāruru to Tokoroa closure detour map [PDF, 71 KB]
